Shawa Luangwa Camp

Creatively designed tent on stilts with a large comfortable bed and a luxury bathtub sunk into the floor. In front of the tent an outdoor sitting area overlooking the Luangwa River. Excellent game viewing with James, our knowledgeable guide and Lazarus Banda, a super friendly ranger who accompanied us during our walking safari for safety reasons. Game drives were carried out with electric vehicles, an exciting experience to get close to the wildlife. We spotted elephants, zebras, giraffes, hippos, wild dogs, hyenas, crocodiles and many antelopes, unfortunately no lions and leopards. Food was delicious and always tastefully decorated on the plates. The chef was very committed, professional and came to our table to chat with us and to ask whether we enjoyed the food. Thembi was a first-class, cheerful and engaged lodge manager and together with the staff always caring and professional. We particularly enjoyed a delightful Birthday Lunch she organized in mid of the bush. It was a wonderful experience. Overall, the camp is small, has lovely tents, great staff and good wildlife sightings. Thanks to the whole staff for the exceptional hospitality! We stayed in Shawa Luangwa for 3 nights and we really enjoyed it. Highly recommended!

This is a "bush camp" (not a hotel), but certainly with many creature comforts, including the Whisper AC unit over the bed for cool sleeping. The tents are a tad small for two, with limited space, but there is an outdoor sitting area, and each tent is quite private. Owing to being quite open and near the river, it is busy with animals and quite noisy (those hippos + elephants!!). Food quality is good, and service/staff are very caring + professional. Overall, it is a very nice comfortable bush camp and nothing to really complain about! South Luangwa National Park is not my favorite (of the many parks I have visited in many African countries)... but glad to have had the experience there.

What an amazing place to stay!! The hospitality and food were exceptionally. All the staff were so friendly. Our tented room was gorgeous, really amazing with a wonderful view. The wildlife was great- our game drives were incredible!! Special thanks to our guide Jack Sparrow, His way to tell stories about the wildlife is splendid. I highly recommend Shawa and I can't wait to return.

We were able to spend 5 incredible days here (in September 2023) , the camp is such a beautiful, extraordinary and special place. We enjoyed our time in the spacious and luxurious tent and its veranda and views very much. The hospitality, food, contact with everybody was so wonderful and impressive, the many talks we had, the insights into Sambia, life and of course the National Park and its animals- this was an outstanding experience for us, which we will never forget. The daily routine was also great and very well structured (weak up coffee in the tent, breakfast at the river, morning drive, lunch, afternoon break, tea/coffee, afternoon drive, dinner, campfire… of course also some additional specials…) In the lunch break and evenings we could observe elephants and hippos grasing through the camp, an indescribable wonderful experience (especially out of the bathtub 😉 ). Also we want to mention and give a great Thank You to our wonderful, experienced and attentive safari guide Jack Sparrow, who showed us the National Park in all its diversity and detail. He is a great pathfinder and knows the National Park so well and is very well connected with his colleagues - so that we had lots (!) of spectacular and amazing sightings. His knowledge of flora and fauna, its relationships, places, his explanations, the stories about life here gave us a whole new experience of this precious National Park and Sambia itself. We dream of coming back and can only recommend to come here and visit the camp and NP yourself! Thank you very much!

Had the most amazing safari while staying at the Shawa camp. From the welcome dance to the bespoke menu to the knowledgeable guides, we had the most intimate experience in the wild. True to their name, everything about the camp is Green, including the vehicles that are battery powered.

What a tremendous experince this was. We had fantastic game drives, spectacular lunch site, nice dinner settings, lovely service by everybody from the whole team, great ecofriendly lodge, ... everything was 200 % OK. Best of all: ask for Jack Sparrow as your personnal guide. He is a top Zambian safari game drive expert.